Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile

<p><strong>Fo</strong><strong>undation</strong>: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to identi...

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Main Authors: Alex Leandro Veliz Burgos, Anita Patricia Dörner Paris, Alexis Soto Salcedo, Jose Luis Reyes Lobos, Francisco Ganga Contreras
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Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2018-04-01
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/3885
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author Alex Leandro Veliz Burgos
Anita Patricia Dörner Paris
Alexis Soto Salcedo
Jose Luis Reyes Lobos
Francisco Ganga Contreras
author_facet Alex Leandro Veliz Burgos
Anita Patricia Dörner Paris
Alexis Soto Salcedo
Jose Luis Reyes Lobos
Francisco Ganga Contreras
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description <p><strong>Fo</strong><strong>undation</strong>: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to identify the levels of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing, respectively, in nursing professionals of the Los Lagos Region, Chile.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: Descriptive study with non-experimental design. A number of 97 nurses from the Los Lagos region were included. A <em>Trait Meta-Mood Scale </em>and the Ryff scale of psychological wellbeing were applied to evaluate the emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing respectively, both with good levels of reliability and composed by a series of sub-scales or dimensions.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: regarding emotional intelligence, high levels of of emotional perception were observed (35 %), emotional comprehension (36,1 %) and emotional regulation (42,7 %). A 57,5 % of the professionals had a high level of psychological wellbeing, although 33,7 % showed  low level of positive relations.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: there is a direct and significant relation between the scales of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-e6beee7c7e3c44118e9890134ef7655e2024-03-04T23:09:47ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2018-04-011622592661549Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern ChileAlex Leandro Veliz Burgos0Anita Patricia Dörner Paris1Alexis Soto Salcedo2Jose Luis Reyes Lobos3Francisco Ganga Contreras4Universidad de Los Lagos. ChileUniversidad de Los Lagos. ChileUniversidad Mayor. ChileMinisterio de Educación. ChileUniversidad de Los Lagos. Chile<p><strong>Fo</strong><strong>undation</strong>: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to identify the levels of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing, respectively, in nursing professionals of the Los Lagos Region, Chile.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: Descriptive study with non-experimental design. A number of 97 nurses from the Los Lagos region were included. A <em>Trait Meta-Mood Scale </em>and the Ryff scale of psychological wellbeing were applied to evaluate the emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing respectively, both with good levels of reliability and composed by a series of sub-scales or dimensions.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: regarding emotional intelligence, high levels of of emotional perception were observed (35 %), emotional comprehension (36,1 %) and emotional regulation (42,7 %). A 57,5 % of the professionals had a high level of psychological wellbeing, although 33,7 % showed  low level of positive relations.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: there is a direct and significant relation between the scales of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/3885inteligencia emocionalestrés laboralenfermerospruebas psicológicas
spellingShingle Alex Leandro Veliz Burgos
Anita Patricia Dörner Paris
Alexis Soto Salcedo
Jose Luis Reyes Lobos
Francisco Ganga Contreras
Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
Medisur
inteligencia emocional
estrés laboral
enfermeros
pruebas psicológicas
title Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
title_full Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
title_fullStr Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
title_full_unstemmed Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
title_short Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile
title_sort emotional intelligence and psychological well being in nursing professionals from southern chile
topic inteligencia emocional
estrés laboral
enfermeros
pruebas psicológicas
url http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/3885
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